2 posts by Philip Renich
Recreating Search with Eleventy v3 and Netlify
While upgrading to version 3 of Eleventy, I discovered that the official serverless plugin was no longer supported. That was how this site's search feature worked. To finish the upgrade, I needed to write my own serverless code and plugin to manage it. While the details of how the search feature can be [found in the old post](/blog/adding-search-to-an-eleventy-site-without-client-side-javascript/), this one walks through the code to use 11ty's programmatic API and build a serverless function for Netlify.
Apr 8, 2025
by Philip Renich (2 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ConfigurationHow to...NetlifySearchServerless
Adding Search to an Eleventy Site Without Client-side JavaScript
Earlier this year (2023) I added a [search feature](/search/) to my blog. I’ve always appreciated being able to search other people’s personal sites directly without resorting to a third-party search engine. As I try to get back into writing more here, especially little web development notes to my future self, it will be nice to be able to find past ideas easier. I’ve also been wanting to explore “serverless functions” (aka, Someone Else’s Backend Server) as a way to expand the capabilities of a static website with no backend.
Oct 9, 2023